According to historical sources, the Vega expedition took place from 1878 to 1879 under the leadership of Swedish explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. Nordenskiöld authored a two-volume work titled 'Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa jemte en historisk återblick på föregående resor längs gamla världens nordkust' published in Stockholm between 1880 and 1881. He also edited a five-volume scientific compilation called 'Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa jemte en historisk återblick på föregående resor längs gamla världens nordkust' published in Stockholm from 1882 to 1887.
Another participant, Anton Stuxberg, wrote 'Minnen från Vegas färd och dess svenska föregångare jämte en kortfattad framställning av Nordostpassagens historia och den amerikanska nordpolsexpeditionen under De Long' published in Stockholm in 1890. In the 20th century, additional works emerged, including George Kish's biography 'North East passage. Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.
His life and times' published in Amsterdam in 1973, and Sven Andersson's journal from the expedition published in 1979 in the Föreningen Gamla Carlskrona Årsbok. The specific scientific observations made during the Vega expedition remain unclear from these publications. The historical significance of the Vega expedition in Arctic exploration continues to be studied by scholars.